Russia fired 84 missiles, 10 dead, dozen injured: Ukraine
Oct 11, 2022, at 05:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Mass retaliatory strikes by Russia across Ukraine Tuesday killed 10 people and injured dozens more, media reports said.
SL President vows to better electoral system
Oct 10, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced a raft of amendments to the electoral system, noting that the existing political system was a major cause for the current economic crisis.
Economics Nobel awarded to 3 'for research on banks and financial crises'
Oct 10, 2022, at 09:22 pm
Stockholm: The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, Philip Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises.”
75 missiles fired in ongoing attack: Ukrainian military
Oct 10, 2022, at 08:08 pm
Kyiv: Ukraine cities came under Russian missile attack on Monday as the war entered 229th day, the country's military chief said 75 missiles have so far been fired in the sudden wave of attacks.
Ukraine: Kyiv hit by multiple explosions
Oct 10, 2022, at 07:10 pm
Kyiv/UNI: Massive missile blasts rocked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv Monday morning including one near President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office.
57 children poisoned by an unknown substance in a Mexico school: Report
Oct 09, 2022, at 07:15 pm
As many as 57 students studying in a rural secondary school have fallen sick after poisoning by an unknown substance in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, Reuters reported citing local authorities.
Vladimir Putin orders intensified measures to protect Crimea-related facilities
Oct 09, 2022, at 05:50 pm
Moscow/UNI: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to strengthen measures for protecting transport crossing through the Kerch Strait, the power grid connecting Crimea and the main gas pipeline to the peninsula.
Oct 08, 2022, at 08:38 pm
Lagos/UNI: At least 24 people have been killed and 18,000 others displaced by floods in the rainy season starting from May in Nigeria's northern state of Katsina, a relief agency official said.
Nobel Peace Prize winners shine spotlight on ‘the power of civil society to promote peace’
Oct 08, 2022, at 03:55 pm
New York: The human rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus who have been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, represent “the oxygen of democracy” said the UN chief on Friday, in a message of congratulations to the three winners.
Teen stabbed to death in Israel less than a year after he migrated from India
Oct 08, 2022, at 03:47 pm
A teen, who had recently immigrated to Israel from India with his family, was stabbed to death in Kiryat Shmona city on Thursday, media reports said on Saturday.
Ireland: Blast hits petrol station, 3 die
Oct 08, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Dublin: At least three people died as an explosion rocked a petrol station in Co Donegal city of Ireland on Friday.
Death toll rises to 13 in Ecuador prison riot
Oct 08, 2022, at 02:30 am
Quito/UNI: The number of prisoners killed during a riot on Wednesday in a prison in Ecuador's southwestern city of Guayaquil rose to 13, authorities reported.
Human rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus clinch Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 07, 2022, at 09:32 pm
Oslo: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties, juries announced on Friday.
Nearly half of world’s terror victims are African, with organised crime increasingly entrenched
Oct 07, 2022, at 06:44 pm
New York: The threat of terrorism and organised crime is becoming increasingly entrenched across Africa, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that illegal trafficking is depriving millions of a decent livelihood.
Horrific Thailand nursery attack prompts swift international condemnation
Oct 07, 2022, at 05:34 pm
New York: A horrific attack on a childcare centre in northern Thailand that has left dozens dead, prompted strong international condemnation on Thursday. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said he was shocked and saddened by the mass shooting.
Make suicide prevention in Africa a priority, UN health agency urges governments
Oct 07, 2022, at 05:22 pm
New York: Did you know that Africa has the highest suicide rate in the world? To reverse that worrying statistic, the UN health agency WHO on Thursday launched a social media campaign to raise awareness around mental health illness, which is believed to account for up to 11 per cent of the risk factors that are associated with suicide.
National Day: China’s minority communities burn PRC flags in US, UK cities
Oct 07, 2022, at 02:56 am
London: China’s minority communities – Tibetans and Uyghurs - burned Peoples Republic of China (PRC) flags at demonstrations in several US and UK cities on Oct 1 which marked the National Day.
Latest DPR Korea missile launch risks escalating tensions, Security Council hears
Oct 06, 2022, at 08:47 pm
New York: The international community must step up efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons in the wake of the latest firing of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Thailand: Mass shooting at child care center leaves 34 dead
Oct 06, 2022, at 08:26 pm
Bangkok: A former policeman, who took his own life, is suspected to have killed at least 34 people, including 22 children, at a childcare center in northeastern Thailand, media reports said on Thursday.
Swedish Euro MP chops hair to support Iran's anti-hijab protests
Oct 06, 2022, at 08:31 am
A Swedish European lawmaker expressed her support for the anti-hijab protest in Iran by chopping her in parliament and calling for European Union (EU) to take action against Tehran, media reports said.
Climate change heightens threats of violence against women and girls
Oct 06, 2022, at 05:54 am
New York: Climate change and environmental degradation are escalating the risk and prevalence of violence against women and girls across the world, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert warned on Wednesday.
World Teachers’ Day highlights need to transform education
Oct 06, 2022, at 05:38 am
New York: Teachers are at the heart of education, and their valuable work must also lead to better salaries and working conditions, the heads of three UN agencies and a partner organization said on Wednesday.
Oct 06, 2022, at 05:28 am
New York: The UN Secretary-General has expressed his deep sadness over the death of three peacekeepers from Bangladesh who were killed on Monday in the Central African Republic (CAR), following a roadside bomb explosion near the border with Cameroon. Others were injured, and one remains in a critical condition.
UN chief condemns DPR Korea missile launch over Japan as ‘reckless act’
Oct 05, 2022, at 11:02 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday strongly condemned the launch of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, which reportedly travelled over Japan.
Five years of violence in northern Mozambique has forced nearly a million to flee
Oct 05, 2022, at 10:55 pm
New York: Nearly one million people have fled extreme violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups in northern Mozambique over the past five years, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported on Tuesday.
UN envoy urges dialogue to end political impasse in Iraq
Oct 05, 2022, at 10:46 pm
New York: The absence of a functioning government in Iraq one year after elections were held is hard to justify, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday, urging political leaders to put aside their differences for the common good.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2022: 3 scientists awarded
Oct 05, 2022, at 03:04 am
Stockholm: Alain Aspect from France, John F. Clauser from the United States and Anton Zeilinger from Austria won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on quantum information science, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.
Rights experts decry shut down of civic space in Nicaragua
Oct 04, 2022, at 10:45 pm
Nicaragua must comply with its international obligations to respect and guarantee fundamental freedoms, two experts appointed by the UN and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) said in a joint declaration issued on Monday.
Fight against human trafficking must be strengthened in Ethiopia’s wartorn north
Oct 04, 2022, at 10:41 pm
New York: Throughout Ethiopia’s Tigray, Afar and Amhar regions, women and girls are becoming increasingly vulnerable to abduction and sex trafficking as they flee ongoing armed conflict, a group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts warned on Monday.
Iran blames unrest on US, Israel
Oct 04, 2022, at 10:39 pm
Tehran: Iran's supreme leader has blamed the US and Israel for the protests sweeping the country following the death of a woman in police custody.